American Immigrant Literature.

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This course explores the story of coming to America, becoming American, and changing the fabric of America. By studying fiction, non-fiction, poetry and films about the migrant’s experience of America, we will understand what it means to migrate to America, how migrating complicates the migrant’s relationship with their country of origin (or homeland) and its people, how the memories of the homeland work in the migrant’s life, and the process by which the migrant makes America their home. We will discuss themes like assimilation, generational conflict, gender differences, transnationalism, nativism, and racialization and their connection to migration. Prerequisite: ENG 102 .